George Roach had to wait years to hear what had happened to his wife (Picture: INS)

Michelle Roach was told to go away and do something fun after she had collapsed twice (Picture: INS)

Mrs Roach died of a blood clot in her lung in 2014, just over a month after giving birth.

At the conclusion of a four day inquest, Senior Coroner Heidi Connor ruled the new mother had died from natural causes but singled out Dr Morton, saying the death was contributed to by neglect in her clinical treatment before being admitted to hospital.

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Ms Connor said: ‘It is likely that she (Michelle) was short of breath, or at the very least, reported suffering this symptom earlier that day.

‘She was not referred to hospital to investigate the possibility of pulmonary embolism.

‘Dr Morton spoke to Michelle’s husband on the telephone the next day and was told that Michelle had deteriorated. She advised that Michelle could wait four days to be seen again.’

Mrs Roach’s husband George Roach said he felt ‘incredibly angry’ when his wife lost her life and ‘lost all trust in medical professionals’.

During the inquest, Mr Roach said his wife had collapsed as they were taking their baby for a walk.

A coroner ruled the GP had neglected Mrs Roach in her clinical treatment (Picture: INS)

When they visited Dr Morton she failed to make some basic checks for a pulmonary embolism, the court heard.

Around 15 days later, on January 29 – the day of Mrs Roach’s six-week check-up – she collapsed again.

Dr Morton advised she was having an anxiety or panic attack and needed to ‘relax a bit’.

The doctor had not noted down Michelle’s blood pressure, or that she was short of breath and had fallen unconscious, but Dr Morton claimed Mrs Roach had not been short of breath during the consultation.